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respiratory route, killed 10% of the people it infected, spread quickly from hong kong to toronto, beijing, hanoi and singapore and infected a total of 8000 people, killed about 900, so better than 10%. and that was stopped. i heard somebody was saying, well, why does he take sars so seriously? stars did not burn out. sars was stopped at a very good, early diagnostic scientific work in the field and laboratory confirmed public health measures. containment of cases, isolation of cases, getting the right equipment, the right personal protection to the health care workers so that it didn't go further. one of the things i wonder about when i think about sars is if the disease had emerged from a different place from southern china and hong kong and had gone to different cities in toronto, hanoi, beijing, singapore, make the whole history have been different? think about the cities. their command-and-control cities with a lot of strong government, good public health, apple facilities. if that disease emerged in the democratic republic of the congo , i love the congo, but has a lot of disadvantag
respiratory route, killed 10% of the people it infected, spread quickly from hong kong to toronto, beijing, hanoi and singapore and infected a total of 8000 people, killed about 900, so better than 10%. and that was stopped. i heard somebody was saying, well, why does he take sars so seriously? stars did not burn out. sars was stopped at a very good, early diagnostic scientific work in the field and laboratory confirmed public health measures. containment of cases, isolation of cases, getting...
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they played with the united states officials in beijing to help them, to grant refugee status to these six north koreans, and in what surely was not one of our finest moments, their pleas met with the fierce. eventually do, and part, to the attention that melanie and other journalists gave to this situation, the united states did intervene. there was quite a bit of international pressure. adrian and their co-workers were released after ten days, and eventually the six number three as were, in fact my granted safe passage by the chinese to south korea. but it is a chilling and heroic story. i think adrienne and joseph were actually both at the same time incarcerated or capped one for their own protection, the other truly being incarcerated, but i don't believe them at the same time. joseph, i will ask you to speak first, talk a little bit about your story and in adrian. >> good afternoon, everyone. earlier this semester my academic counselor advised me ted take speech class, but i wisely chose computer class instead, which i kind of regret. before i continue my speech, i would like to a
they played with the united states officials in beijing to help them, to grant refugee status to these six north koreans, and in what surely was not one of our finest moments, their pleas met with the fierce. eventually do, and part, to the attention that melanie and other journalists gave to this situation, the united states did intervene. there was quite a bit of international pressure. adrian and their co-workers were released after ten days, and eventually the six number three as were, in...
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talking to authorities finance ministers said we were so upset with the rest of the world i went to beijing and it tidies said your canadians are so conservative. i amatory and the communist chinese are telling me i am too soft? [laughter] but they held belied. i give them some much credit. average wealth for families is higher than the american family. to talk about the rip-off is failure of bank regulations. >> one more quick question? >> i am sorry. one of carlos say against books i assume they work on this because my question is the recognition these people have how much they depend on the rule of law with public purse structure and public treasury saving them. said to talk about the psyche of their fortunes based on political stability. >> of course, it varies but i was surprised there was also ayn rand and john paul fantasy. i was surprised that that was current. is it actual effort to build the gold goal to. the paypal guy is one of the founders it is more beautiful and you could make it up from milton friedman grandson. they're trying to the -- bill the island's in international wat
talking to authorities finance ministers said we were so upset with the rest of the world i went to beijing and it tidies said your canadians are so conservative. i amatory and the communist chinese are telling me i am too soft? [laughter] but they held belied. i give them some much credit. average wealth for families is higher than the american family. to talk about the rip-off is failure of bank regulations. >> one more quick question? >> i am sorry. one of carlos say against...
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route, killed 10 percent of the people that it infected, spread quickly from hong kong to toronto, beijing, hanoi, and singapore. and it injected a total of about eight dozen people, killed about 900, so better than to%. and then it was stopped. i heard somebody, and one of the book reviews somebody was saying, well, it's one of those that burned out. stars did not burn out. it was stopped by a very good, early diagnostic scientific work in the field and the laboratory and then very firm public health measures, containment of cases, isolation of cases, getting the right equipment, the right personal protection to the health care workers so that it did not go further. and one of the things i always wonder about when i think it was ours is, if that disease had emerged from a different place than southern china and then hong kong and had gone to different cities than toronto, hanoi, paging, and singapore, but the whole history have been different? think about those cities. command-and-control cities with a lot of strong government, a lot of good public health, a flood facilities. if that dise
route, killed 10 percent of the people that it infected, spread quickly from hong kong to toronto, beijing, hanoi, and singapore. and it injected a total of about eight dozen people, killed about 900, so better than to%. and then it was stopped. i heard somebody, and one of the book reviews somebody was saying, well, it's one of those that burned out. stars did not burn out. it was stopped by a very good, early diagnostic scientific work in the field and the laboratory and then very firm public...
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authorities, canadian finance minister said we are so out of step with the rest of the world that i went to beijing and the chinese said you comedians, your bank regulation is so conservative, it is absurd, here i am, i am a tory and the communist chinese are telling me i am too tough at regulating by banks and still they held the line. i give them so much credit and as you may have seen the average wealth of the canadian family is higher for the first time in my life than the american family so if you want to talk about what is a rip-off of the american middle-class my number one would be failure of bank regulation. >> can i ask one more quick question? a long answer. >> i am sorry. i'm going to stand up for everybody else here. >> one of carl sagan's book was about creating a colony on one of the planets. i assume they're working on this because my question is about the recognition that these people have for how much they depend on the rule of law and public infrastructure, public treasuries saving them for example. i wonder if you could talk about their own psyche on the fertility of their fortu
authorities, canadian finance minister said we are so out of step with the rest of the world that i went to beijing and the chinese said you comedians, your bank regulation is so conservative, it is absurd, here i am, i am a tory and the communist chinese are telling me i am too tough at regulating by banks and still they held the line. i give them so much credit and as you may have seen the average wealth of the canadian family is higher for the first time in my life than the american family...
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we have never lived in a world in which decisions made in beijing immediately impact decisions made in brussels which immediate impact decisions here which immediately impact decisions in brasilia. we need to figure out how to manage that world, how to provide global governance in a world that is not only multipolar in the sense of multiple poles of power, but also quite ideologically diverse. and i will and simply with offering free thoughts on what we as americans can do to try to prepare that world. so first is get our own house in order. in the end of the day, america's strength abroad has always been grounded in its strength at home. and we are moving into a world in which we need to have our lights on, in which we need to be able to look out of the world and figure out what is coming around the curve. and i get it right now because of the slow down in our economy and the polarization that has set the building behind us, we are not ready to do that. and if one thinks back and thinks that the great age of american engagement in the world, really from franklin roosevelt to bill clin
we have never lived in a world in which decisions made in beijing immediately impact decisions made in brussels which immediate impact decisions here which immediately impact decisions in brasilia. we need to figure out how to manage that world, how to provide global governance in a world that is not only multipolar in the sense of multiple poles of power, but also quite ideologically diverse. and i will and simply with offering free thoughts on what we as americans can do to try to prepare...